I have a friend whose home is full of stuff from El Paso Imports and it's so gorgeous.

I'll show it soon.

You really have to go into one of their stores. The one of a kind pieces are not usually on the website. The things on the website are pieces they manufacture. But every store has unique antique pieces from places like Mexico, China, Romania and India.

Little Girl's Room

Daddy and Baby and Doggy are all outside while we take the tour.

This is their little girl's room, she is only 18 months and they are due to have another baby this week.

So she just moved into this room and out of the nursery.

I didn't take enough pictures of this room. Poo.

Nursery

Darling nursery done in neutrals just like the rest of the house. I'm not usually that big on neutrals but the way they are done in this house makes me feel like getting rid of my pink sofa....no....no...but I do think I'll bring the beige rug back in my living room.

That is the most elegant changing table I have ever seen.

Very inventive use for an old buffet.

Second Bathroom

This bathroom is attached to the Nursery. That's the original tile.

Love it.

I'm sure if the hall bath had this tile...it would have remained untouched.

Ok...shall I go on?

I think I might as well.

I'll just get all of this house out of the way and then I can go back

to my regular scheduled programming of my shabby little projects.

Hall

I wish I'd taken a larger photo of the entire hall.

This was an ingenious idea which a previous owner had done.

Originally there was a wall here where you see the iron railing.

It enclosed the stairway going down to the basement making the hall narrow.

But the wall was taken out and the staircase surrounded with a wrought iron railing

which totally opened up the hallway.

And really the wrought iron railing added to the character of this house.

Kitchen

I love everything about this kitchen except the black sink.

What do you think?

I would have gone with a white one.

But it does flow nicely with the black countertops.

I have black countertops in my kitchen and have always hated them

but after seeing this kitchen and others with black.

I've decided they aren't so bad and might be one of the last things I'll change in my kitchen.

Sorry for the poor light. I was losing the sun at this point.

I love the vignette at the end of the kitchen.

Breakfast Nook

I love that white marble...don't you? Oh...and the mirror backsplash.

Looking through the kitchen into the dining room.

Dining Room

Sorry, this room was kind of dark. I did the best I could.

That concludes the tour of this amazingly transformed home.

The current owners redid (obviously) everything in this house.

Are you inspired? Or are you like me?

Kind of discouraged.

Seeing this knocked a little of the sparkle off my own home.

It didn't look quite so pretty to me upon my return home and it sure isn't as clean.

Oh...well....now its time for me to get busy and continue the transformation of my own cottage.